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| Kate Beckinsale
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Kate Beckinsale is the actress, who starred in the $130 million blockbuster
Pearl Harbour, in concert with Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett. Kate
is young, well-favoured, appealing and gifted. She is sexy and magnetic.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says about her: she has an astounding style,
being able to fuse with her character to the utmost. Her incredible
acting talent allows her to switch from a humorous to a dramatic character
beyond reproach. She reminds me of Meg Ryan some years back - concludes
the director. Before escaping the shade of her famous father - comic
actor Richard Beckinsale, star of Rising Damp, The Lovers and Porridge
- Kate needs some time. Timewhen she will have to prove herself numerous
times, learning a lot in order to succeed. Kate saw the light of the
day on July 26th, 1973. She is just 5 when her father goes away and
leaves her to the cares of her mother - actress Judy Loe. When her
prominent father dies, the whole nation grieves about him. In the
course of years everybody mourns over him and his unhappy daughter.
That keepsher down - as if nobody pays attention to the fact that
she is alive and kicking, a personality that desires to succeed.All
that makes her more aspired to go on daringly and confidently. She
describes herself as "a furious and passionate child". Later,
at 9, she is deeply embarrassed by the relationship of her mother
with the director Roy Battersby and her moving to live at his place.
She has share one and the same place withBattersby's daughter and
four loud sons. She keeps quite clear memories from those times, remembering
how "invaded" she felt hoping her mother would not marry
again. The impact of Roy Battersby on her, however, proves to be quite
fruitful. Her stepfather orientates her to the area of acting. She
enrols in a public school at Godolphin and Latymer, getting high scores
there. Battersby himself encourages Kate in her resolve to succeed.
Her father's fame keeps on chasing her. She falls victim to anorexia,
suffers nerve crises. Kate gets thin to a large extent but through
the support of her mother and stepfather she recruits her strength.
Kate qualifies this recovery as: "the best thing that ever happened
to me". Later, she has the desire to enrol in a drama school,
but decides to go to New College, Oxford instead, in order to study
French and Russian Literature.As a professional actress she has the
common ups and downs on her way to stardom. One of her misfortunes
is the missed chance to star in: Cathy in Wuthering Heights. Juliette
Binoche gets the role in the last minute and the chance to haunt poor
Ralph Fiennes. After a consecution of various performances she gets
the key opportunity to star in: Pearl Harbour. There she personifies
Ben Affleck's lover, nurse Evelyn Johnson. 2002 brings her another
successful role: in Laurel Canyon, where she is the lover of Christian
Bale's character. She can be seen in Denim Invasion, co-starring:
Orlando Bloom. Kate appears in Tiptoes - a comedy, playing the role
of the pregnant girlfriend of Matthew McConaughey. There, however,
she meets the tiny actor Gary Oldman, falling in love with him. 2004
is the year when Kate returns to the big screen with another hit movie:
Van Helsing. The actress already has certain experience with vampire
characters. We can see her in Underworld, where she personifies a
sexy vampire. However, the greatest challenge for her is the role
of the legendary Ava Gardner in The Aviator. |
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star Kate Beckinsale was blessed by her ex-partner Michael Sheen
before tying the knot with director Len Wiseman on Sunday.
The 30-year-old star of Van Helsing broke with the Welsh actor who
she had been dating for nine years, during the making of Underworld.
Despite the separation, they remain good friends. 11
May 2004
British
actress Kate Beckinsale got married to Len Wiseman in Las Vegas.
3 May 2004
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Actress Kate Beckinsale loathed her experience during the making of
'Pearl Harbour' because the movie bosses had made her feel inferior
about her looks. ... Webindia123.com, India - Jun
4, 2004
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